The great eBay scam

[LeeSmithG]

Now till this morning I did not know this.

I purchased £3.19 worth of clothing, AFC Hull City Football Jacket, XXL and a blue shirt, which was in total £3.19 and £7.00 p&p.

So total £10.19.

I received the items, I am very happy about them, however, the cost they paid to send them to me was 35% less than what I paid.

So I asked them to refund the difference, they refused.

They gave me speil about having to drive to the Post Office and, scotch tape and cost of bags, which was far more than was real value and then

mentioned they were charge by eBay 0.70p from the postage costs I paid so in fact they only received £6.30 for postage.

Now what a swizz.

I then phoned eBay and was told, they do this to encourage free p&p.

But, when I sell an item 'free p&p' of course I am going to add on the p&p hidden.

So if I list an item for 0.99p, it is a free listing, then if it sells for £2.00 I pay 10% to ebay.

I sell items which are usually football shirts and p&p is always £2.85 from the p&p warehouse where I live and 2nd class proof of postage.

So now I will have to list at x (starting cost) + y (postage cost) so will always be a minimum of £2.86 (if at 0.01p) or £3.84 (if starting at 0.99p).

So now eBay will get 10% listing fee, then 10% final sale fee every time.

So if I get 1 bid and sell for £3.84 then they (eBay) will get 20%.

So all I am doing is recycling my items rather than getting back my time, washing the, steaming them and folding them nicely putting them into a new grey plastic bag.

I hope you understand my point, I am very cheesed off.

Edited October 9, 2013 by LeeSmithG

[jalaffa]

eBay's advice of including free p&p with offer sounds wise.

Also the seller's reasoning for why the p&p is higher than official postage cost sounds fair.

Have no experience using eBay though.

[Whoopenstein]

If you don't like the shipping price, don't buy it. They have to package the item and usually drive to the post office to deliver it. That's why they charge more. Consider yourself lucky that you received and liked the item.

Oh, and btw, one time I received an item sent from Australia to US and they had drastically underestimated the postage. I felt bad about it and PayPal'ed them the difference ($10).

Edited October 10, 2013 by Whoopenstein

[LeeSmithG]

If you don't like the shipping price, don't buy it. They have to package the item and usually drive to the post office to deliver it. That's why they charge more. Consider yourself lucky that you received and liked the item.

Oh, and btw, one time I received an item sent from Australia to US and they had drastically underestimated the postage. I felt bad about it and PayPal'ed them the difference ($10).

No you miss the point.

eBay now take 10% of the postage the buyer pays from the seller so if the item is £7.00 postage (p&p) the sharks eBay now give the seller £6.30 to use for p&p.

[dMog]

i agree with you..but ... in the the world of business...there are many hidden costs in any final product that pretty much all end users AND everyone involved either have to pay for absorb or otherwise factor into their asking or paying price...just a fact of life when you buy anything. from a stick of gum to a 32 million dollar airplane. that is just the way it is.and the other poster is correct...you live with it or simply do not shop or sell form that site there and make sure you tell ebay why... chances are they will not have enough people stop selling/shopping to make them change their policy

[LeeSmithG]

i agree with you..but ... in the the world of business...there are many hidden costs in any final product that pretty much all end users AND everyone involved either have to pay for absorb or otherwise factor into their asking or paying price...just a fact of life when you buy anything. from a stick of gum to a 32 million dollar airplane. that is just the way it is.and the other poster is correct...you live with it or simply do not shop or sell form that site there and make sure you tell ebay why... chances are they will not have enough people stop selling/shopping to make them change their policy

Well all sellers will do is add 10% onto the original p&p originally that was charged.

So 2nd class £2.60 will become £2.86.

I am a 99% buyer only sold 20 items in one year, purchased 1,100.

eBay will suffer, as I bypass what I see as excessive postal charges.

[Whoopenstein]

If you don't like the shipping price, don't buy it. They have to package the item and usually drive to the post office to deliver it. That's why they charge more. Consider yourself lucky that you received and liked the item.

Oh, and btw, one time I received an item sent from Australia to US and they had drastically underestimated the postage. I felt bad about it and PayPal'ed them the difference ($10).

No you miss the point.

eBay now take 10% of the postage the buyer pays from the seller so if the item is £7.00 postage (p&p) the sharks eBay now give the seller £6.30 to use for p&p.

But if you're the buyer - it shouldn't make any difference. I haven't sold anything on eBay for about 5 years since they started taking a bigger "cut". It wasn't worth it anymore. Wankers!